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State of the Media Survey Report 2021

Nairobi: Media Council of Kenya (2021), xii, 46 pp.
"The survey found that 58% of Kenyans interviewed consume TV content on a typical day. This translates to approximately 16,740,493 Kenyans aged above 15 years who consume TV content. This is a drop from 74% of the respondents recorded in the 2020 survey. Across the regions, 60% of persons in North E ... more
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It is about their story: How China, Turkey and Russia influence the media in Africa

Dani Madrid-Morales, Deniz Börekci, Dieter Löffler, Anna Birkevich
Johannesburg: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) (2021), 130 pp.
"Looking at media involvement in Africa, one can only state that the continent is more important than ever. Next to traditional actors like the BBC or Radio France International, and to a smaller extent of Deutsche Welle or Radio Swiss International, there are new players. They do not seem to have t ... more
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Retrouver du lien : S’informer au sein des communautés déplacées au Mali au temps de la COVID-19. An nformation ecosystem assessment

USAID; Internews (2021), 79 pp.
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Responding to Threats to Press Freedom and the Media in a Time of Crisis: An Assessment of Types and Sources of Threats to Press Freedom and Mitigation Measures During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Burundi

Kampala: African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME) (2021), 14 pp.
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The Ethnification of the Ethiopian Media

Terje Skjerdal, Mulatu Alemayehu Moges
Addis Ababa: Addis Ababa University; Fojo Media Institute; International Media Support (IMS) (2021), 59 pp.
"[...] The press situation in the country is deeply disconcerting. The reason for this is that the media landscape is as polarized as never before, and that parts of the media are being blamed for playing a pivotal role in the turbulence which have erupted in various parts of the country since 2019. ... more
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Ethnic Journalism in the Global South

Anna Gladkova Jamil, Sadia
Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2021), xiii, 319 pp.
"This book focuses on ethnic journalism in the Global South, approaching it from two angles: as a professional area and as a social mission. The book discusses journalistic practices and ethnic media in the Global South, managerial and editorial strategies of ethnic media outlets, their content spec ... more
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Digital Civil Society: (Dis-) Connected

Stuttgart: Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen (ifa) (2021), 52 pp.
"This publication is a collection of a variety of outlooks, recommendations, and input from the participants of the 2020 workshop [for fellows of the CrossCulture Programme (CCP) of the Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen] and others. On the subject of digital access, CCP alumnus Camilo Olea speaks ab ... more
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The 10 Most Under-Reported Humanitarian Crises of 2020

Care International (2021), 25 pp.
"The analysis is based on online media coverage in five languages throughout the year. CARE sees a concerning trend of crises being neglected year after year. Six out of the ten crises are located on the African continent. The Central African Republic has appeared in the ranking for five consecutive ... more
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Supply Chain Analysis: Zambia

Washington, DC: Global Book Alliance; Education Development Center (EDC); USAID (2021), viii, 26 pp.
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Subordinating Freedom of Expression to Human Dignity: Promoting or Undermining Journalism—A Case of Zimbabwe

Danford Zirugo
African Journalism Studies, volume 42, issue 2 (2021), pp. 43-58
"Motivated by a 2014 Constitutional Court opinion that under Zimbabwe’s new constitution of 2013, freedom of expression might have to be considered as subordinate to human dignity, the study analyses the implications of this on journalistic practice. The study argues that such a move would undermi ... more
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The African Film Industry: Trends, Challenges and Opportunities for Growth
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Marie Lora Mungai, Pedro Pimenta et al.
Paris: UNESCO (2021), 271 pp.
"For the first time, a complete mapping of the film and audiovisual industry in 54 States of the African continent is available, including quantitative and qualitative data and an analysis of their strengths and weaknesses at the continental and regional levels. The report proposes strategic recomme ... more
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The Routledge Companion to Media Disinformation and Populism

Howard Tumber, Silvio R. Waisbord (eds.)
London; New York: Routledge (2021), xxvi, 582 pp.
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Nigeria: Democratic press, authoritarian government?

Chinyere Stella Okunna, Ngozi Marion Emmanuel, Henry Chigozie Duru
In: The Global Handbook of Media Accountability
Susanne Fengler, Tobias Eberwein, Matthias Karmasin (eds.)
London; New York: Routledge (2021), pp. 324-334
"The Nigerian media scene is notably vibrant, which can be perceived as a democratization of communication and liberalization of the press where anyone with the means to own a media establishment can do so. Thus, the challenge with the Nigerian media is no longer the issue of access but, rather, tha ... more
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Misinformation Policy in Sub-Saharan Africa: From Laws and Regulations to Media Literacy

Peter Cunliffe-Jones, Assane Diagne, Alan Finlay, Sahite Gaye, Wallace Gichunge, Chido Onumah, Cornia Pretorius, Anya Schiffrin
London: University of Westminster Press (2021), 220 pp.
"The volume first examines the teaching of media literacy in state-run schools in seven Sub-Saharan African countries as of mid-2020, as relates to misinformation. It explains the limited elements of broad media and information literacy (MIL) included in the curricula in the seven countries studied ... more
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Médias audiovisuels et tolérance administrative au Cameroun: Enjeux communicationnels et logiques d’acteurs

Simon Ngongo
Paris: L'Harmattan (2021), 199 pp.
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Les radios locales: Histoires, territoires et réseaux

Thierry Lefebvre, Sebastien Poulain (eds.)
Paris: L'Harmattan (2021), 258 pp.
"En 1981, la loi autorisait les radios associatives françaises à diffuser leurs émissions en modulation de fréquence après une « bataille » qui a fait l’objet d’un autre livre chez le même éditeur : Radios libres, 30 ans de FM. La parole libérée ? (2016). Quarante années plus tard, p ... more
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Happiness and surprise are associated with worse truth discernment of COVID-19 headlines among social media users in Nigeria

Leah R. Rosenweig, Bence Bago, Adam J. Berinsky, David G. Rand
Harvard Kennedy School Misinformation Review, volume 2, issue 4 (2021), 37 pp.
"Do emotions we experience after reading headlines help us discern true from false information or cloud our judgement? Understanding whether emotions are associated with distinguishing truth from fiction and sharing information has implications for interventions designed to curb the spread of misinf ... more
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Elections and TV News in South Africa: Desperately Seeking Depth

Bernadine Jones
Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2021), xxxii, 244 pp.
"Over the course of nine chapters, Elections and TV News in South Africa shows how six democratic South African general elections, 1994-2019, were represented on both local and international news broadcasts. It reveals the shifting narratives about South African democracy, coupled with changing and ... more
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Amplified Abuse: Report on Online Violence Against Women in the 2021 Uganda General Election

Arthur Kakande, Garnett Achieng, Neema Iyer et al.
Kampala: Pollicy (2021), iv, 58 pp.
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Impact Evaluation of an Intensive Journalism Training Activity in Tanzania: Final Report

Keith Weghorst Kristin Michelitch
USAID (2021), 29 pp.